If you travel 50 miles west from Silverton, at least two day's journey, then north from Blacksand for a day and a half to Bone's tower, then back to Silverton, you'd expect the journey back to Silverton to take about two and a half days. Hmm, there's something which doesn't quite add up here.

The journey back from Bone's tower to Silverton only takes you half a day (you set off in the afternoon and arrive the same evening, para.

It is quite some distance from the city: you travel north for some time after leaving Blacksand before camping for the night, then walk all day to Bone's tower, getting there at night (para.

Nicodemus's map shows you that Zanbar Bone's tower is north of Blacksand (paras.

201), so it's likely to be at least two day's travel. We're not told how long the journey from Silverton to Blacksand takes you, but you leave Silverton at dawn (Background) and don't sleep in Port Blacksand (you sleep somewhere between Blacksand and Bone's tower, para.

Silverton is 50 miles west of Port Blacksand (CoT para.

Where exactly is Zanbar Bone's tower? It's not marked on any of the Fighting Fantasy maps, but there's quite a bit to go on in the text of City of Thieves, so let's see if we can work it out. These little bits of the adventure also give us a nice insight into everyday rural life in northwest Allansia, a place of quiet fields and woods, not just of scummy cities or dank dungeons.īut there's something else of interest in all of this too. 400) Ah! That's the life, isn't it? Maybe there should have been a whole FF adventure devoted to just wandering about in the countryside (oh, hang on, there is, The Shamutanti Hills, another favourite of mine).

Battle-weary and hungry, you arrive in Silverton the same evening.' (para. You sleep the rest of the night and long into the next morning in a hayfield, before setting off for Silverton in the afternoon. 201) ' You leave Zanbar Bone's black tower. You set off again but it is not long before your surroundings become less welcoming, the trees are twisted or stunted and there are no birds to be heard' (para.

You cook a meal of stewed rabbit and mushrooms before settling down to a long, deep sleep. As the light fades you decide to camp under a huge elm tree. You are able to relax a little in the pleasant countryside and breathe the fresh air with its wonderful scents. 1) ' Following Nicodemus's map, you start your long walk north to the guarded tower of Zanbar Bone, the Night Prince. Eventually you reach the coast and see the high city wall surrounding Port Blacksand and the cluster of buildings projecting into the sea like an ugly black mark.' (para. ' The walk to Port Blacksand takes you west some fifty miles across plains and over hill fortunately without any harmful encounters.

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